Custom xml transformer provider for xml iview template

Question

I have been trying to get a custom simple xml transformer to work, which will show up in the xml iview template.  I have seen the SAP Help docs and the recent weblogs on the subject.  I can't get this simple transform functionality to work.  I can get as far as registering my own transformer, however I get an error on the page when trying to use it: "Error while using XML iView, please contact your system administrator."  My understanding was all I needed to do was provide a xsl, a transformers.xml file, and a service reference in the portalapp.xml.
All I really want to do is take some xml docs I created and display them in the portal.  I know that I can write a quick java app to do this myself.  However, I am trying to use the built in functionality of the portal (which it appears no one is using except for RSS feeds).
I would prefer to have the output be htmlb from my xsl file.  My understanding was that I should create my own xml tranformer provider and then also use the XHTMLB --> HTMLB built in transformer.
Has anyone been successful in trying to create their own xml transformer for the xml iView?
I am wasting a lot of time trying to use methods in the SAP Help Docs, is it worth the effort to use the transformer method?
Eager to award points,
Sean

Answer 1

Hi
I have successfully deployed a transformer by doing the following:
In PAR, in /dist/xml/XSLLibrary/Transformers, put XSL
In /dist/xml, put transformers.xml file that describes the XSL
In portalapp.xml, add registry entry for transformer and service entry for transformer service.
If you want, you can send transformer PAR and I can look at it ([email protected]).
There could be something wrong with the XSL; this would be more complicated to diagnose.
Daniel